UNC receives mark for academic achievement

AFCA Release

07/28/2004

North Carolina is among 30 schools that are receiving honorable mention recognition for the American Football Coaches Association's 2004 Academic Achievement Award.

Boston College and Northwestern University will receive the American Football Coaches Association's 2004 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. The schools each recorded a 100 percent graduation rate when all members of their freshman classes of 1998-99 earned a degree.

The overall graduation rate of the 94 schools that responded to the survey was 59 percent, similar to the previous year. Forty-nine of the members responding were above the average and 45 were below the average. The median graduation rate was 60 percent, compared to 59 percent last year and 61 percent two years ago.

The study involves the freshman class from the academic year of 1998-99, including those who entered at that time but who did not receive financial aid until after their initial year, or who transferred from another institution and subsequently received a grant-in-aid.